Author Trudi Trueit


Trudi Trueit

Trudi Trueit knew she’d found her life’s passion after writing (and directing) her first play in fourth grade. Since then, she’s been a newspaper journalist, television news reporter and anchor, media specialist, freelance writer, and is now a children’s book author. She has published more than forty fiction and nonfiction titles for young readers and lives near Seattle, Washington.

Jim Paillot lives in Arizona with his wife, Lisa, and two children. They have dogs, hamsters, and a lizard. When Jim is not drawing, he is usually hiking, reading, or swimming with his kids. They collect old tin robots, watch cartoons, and travel as much as possible. Once when Jim was a kid, an anchor fell on his head. Strange but true!